Bookstand



Oct. 9, 1928. 1,687,443

7 w. E. HASKIN BOOKSTAND Filed July 21, 1926 INVENTQR wattenEJkwlun/ ATTORNEYS Patented Oct. 9, 1 928. 7

v WALTER EASTER HLSKIN, OF NEW YORK,.N. Y., ASSIGNORTO PRESSED AND WELDED STEEL PRODUCTS COMPANY, OF LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK A. CORPORATION on NEW YORK. 3

Application filed July ill,

This invention relates to bookstands, an object of the invention being to provide a stand which will conveniently support any desired number of books, or binders carrying thebooks, and enable'each book to be swung on a pivot into position for use, and when not desired for use tobe swung back into the casing out of the way,

A further object is to provide a device of this character which while especially adapted for supporting telephone books and the like, is, of course, capable of supporting any other type of book, and which provides a convenient means for mounting the books and assuring their retention in place for convenient reference.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which will be ornamental and attractive in appearance, which will occupy relatively small space and be manufactured and sold at a reasonable price.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts which will be more full hereinafter described and pointed out in t 'e claims.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved bookstand; Figure 2 is a view in transverse section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary view in section on an enlarged scale on the line 33 of Figure 2. A represents a casing which is preferably of sheet metal although it may be of course of any other suitable material. This casing A has straight or vertical end walls 1 and a straight or vertical rear wall 2.

The front wall 3 of the casing is angular in vertical section, as. clearly indicated in Figure 2. In other words, this front wall tapers outwardly or forwardly from its upper end to a point intermediate its ends where it is provided with a hollow or tubular ofiset portion 4 forming a ledge.

The lower portion of the front wall inclines rearwardly, providing a supporting wall 5 for books or binders 6. The extreme lower portion of the front wall extends vertically, as shown at 7, and in front of this lower portion of the front wall a pocket 8 is. provided which extends preferably en- BOOKSTAND.

1926 Serial No. 124,011.

tirely across the front of the casing to receive pencils, pads or other articles.

The casing 1 may be supported on a desk, table or other article or it may be suspended from a Wall, and in order to receive nails, screws or other like devices (not shown) I provide openings 9 in the rear wall 2 of the casing, as clearly indicated.

The front wall 3 may be reinforced by a bar 10 located back of the same, and various modifications may be made in the shape and form of the casing to suit the taste of the trade.

11 represents a rod which projects through the end walls 1' at the upper forward portions of said walls and adjacent the upper edge of the front wall 3. This rod may have a head 12 at one end and a nut or fixed head 12* at its other end, but in any event it is to be understood that this rod is securely held and may be variously mounted.

- I employ the term binder to indicate the part 6 as the primary'object of the invention is to support telephone books or the like, and a binder such as illustrated is convenient for the purpose. I, however, do not limit myself to the employment of any particular binder as it is to be understood that any hinder or book itself may be utilized, and in the employment of this term binder hereinafter I would have it understood that I employit ,in;its broadest possible sense.

On theback of each binder 6 and midway the ends thereof I secure a bracket 13. These brackets 13 have perforated lugs 14 receiving the rod 11.

The offset portion 4 above referred to provides mounting for a sliding bar 16, the latter having a knob 17 secured thereto and movable in a slot 18 in the offset ortion 4 so as to allow the bar to be pre ected to either end of the casing and support a binder when in open position,

Figure 1 illustrates the binders normally housed or partially housed in the casing 1. When it is desired to examine the binder or its contents it is swung outwardly and downwardly, the rod 11 functioning as a pivot so as to brin the binder to the position indicated in 0t and dash lines in Figure 2. The binder can then be opened and its contents examined and then folded and returned to its normal position.

By reason of aconstruction'of this char acter, reference'books can be conveniently supported, maintained in good condition at all times and be ready for reference whenever required. Various changes and alterations might be made in the general form of the parts described without departing from the invention and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth but consider myself at liberty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim: v r

1. A device of the character described, including a casing, a rod securedto the casing, a plurality of binders, brackets fixed to the binders intermediate the ends of the' backs of "the binders and pivotally connected to the rod, an inclined front wall on the easing, and a laterally ofi'set portion of said wall forming a ledge against which the hinders are supported when swung out of the casing.

2. A device of the character described, in-

cluding a casing, a rod secured to the casing,"

a plurality of binders, brackets fixed to the binders intermediate the ends of the backs of the binders and pivotally connected to the rod, an inclined front wall on the casing, and

a laterally offset portion of said wall forming a ledge against which the binders are supported when swung out of the casing, and a bar mounted to slide in said oifset portion and adapted to be projected beyond either end of the casing.

3. A device of the character described, including a casing inclining outwardly from its upper end to a point intermediate its ends and inclining inward ly or rearwardly from the point intermediate its ends to a point adjacent its lower end, said last-mentioned inclined portion constituting a support for binders when thelatter are in the casing, a rod secured in the casing at the upper end of the front wall, and brackets pivotally mounted on said rod and adapted to be fixed to the backs of the binders.

4. A device of the character described, in-

ers, said brackets having perforated lugsreceiving the rod.

5. A bookstand including a casing, a

binder partially concealed in the casing and normally havinga portion of its back exposed, and means pivotally connecting the binder intermediate the ends thereof to said casing for supporting and permitting said binder to swing around said pivot outside a of said casing, whereby the binder may be opened and supported by its pivot and adjacent parts of said bookstand inposition for use.

6. In a bookstand, the'combination of a support, pivot means extending across said support, a book holding device normally having a portion of its back exposed, the said device being mounted intermediate the ends thereof on said pivot means, whereby said device may be swung around said pivot means, and a'book when mounted on said device may be opened for use and supported by said pivot means and adjacent-partsv of the bookstand.

7. A bookstand including a casing, pivot means extending across said casing, devices for holding books normally having portions of their backs exposed and mounted intermediate their ends on said pivot means so that any one of said devices may be swun around said pivot means, whereby a boo when mounted on said device may be opened for use and wholly supported by said pivot means, the parts of said casing and other of said book holding devices.

WALTER EASTER HASKIN. 

